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Abstract
This study was carried out in the blood bank arid clinical pathology department, faculty of medicine, Benha University and was concerned
with surveying all blood doners-whc are attending the blood bank to
donate their blood-far HBsAg, HJ V (AIDS) and syphilis,
It includcd 500 volunteers, of both sexes whose age ranged from 20 to
42 years,Blood samples were collected, from which sera- were separated and
IIBsAg and HIV were tested for by the seB. methad Infection syphllls was screened by a nontrepnnemal
LtestResults showed thai, HRV infection (or HBsAg positive casei••)represented 3.ft % of total cases examined (3.9 % fu•.males and 3.47 % forfemales). No slngle case was found to be serolnglcally positive fur mv or
syphllls,Results were discussed, and we came to a conclusion that. the whole
medical authorities have to adopt screening system for all blood doners, ina11 b’ ood banks SlIlC~ records fur positive units ure known to be d••Iii;lent in some blood hanks,That ls why the lncldence ofH8.~Ag(H)~itive cases in documented to
be high ill voluntary doners than in professional deners, because the late r
~rc contlnually screened for HBsAg each time they donate blood.